Joined Cases C-175/07 to C-184/07: Order of the Court of 6 October 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre (France)) — SA des sucreries de Fontaine-le-Dun-Bolbec-Auffay (SAFBA) (C-175/07), Sucreries et Raffineries d'Erstein SA (C-176/07), Sucreries & Distilleries de Souppes — Ouvré Fils SA (C-177/07), Sucrerie de Bourgogne SA (C-178/07), Sucrerie Bourdon (C-179/07), Sucreries du Marquenterre SA (C-180/07), Cristal Union (C-181/07), Lesaffre Frères SA (C-182/07) Vermendoise Industries SAS (C-183/07), Sucreries de Toury et Usines annexes SA (C-184/07) v Directeur général des douanes et droits indirects, Receveur principal des douanes et droits indirects de Gennevilliers (Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Sugar — Production levies — Detailed rules for the application of the quota system — Taking into account of the quantities of sugar contained in processed products — Determination of the exportable surplus — Determination of the average loss)
Date: 2008-10-06
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: aid to agriculture, common organisation of markets, interpretation of the law, production quota, regulation of agricultural production, sugar

C 313/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

6.12.2008

levy in the sugar sector

2. Examination of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2267/2000 of
12 October 2000 fixing the production levies and the coefficient
for calculating the additional
the
year; Commission Regulation (EC)
1999/2000 marketing
No 1993/2001 of 11 October 2001 fixing the production levies
in the sugar sector for the 2000/01 marketing year; and Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 1837/2002 of 15 October 2002 fixing
the production levies and the coefficient for the additional levy in
the sugar sector for the marketing year 2001/02 has not disclosed
the existence of any factors such as to affect their validity.

for

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1762/2003 of 7 October 2003
fixing the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2002/03
marketing year and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1775/2004
of 14 October 2004 setting the production levies in the sugar
sector for the 2003/04 marketing year are invalid.

Parties

(C-175/07), Sucreries

Applicants: SA des sucreries de Fontaine-le-Dun-Bolbec-Auffay
(SAFBA)
et Raffineries d'Erstein SA
(C-176/07), Sucreries & Distilleries de Souppes — Ouvré Fils SA
(C-177/07), Sucrerie de Bourgogne SA (C-178/07), Sucrerie
Bourdon (C-179/07), Sucreries du Marquenterre SA (C-180/07),
Cristal Union (C-181/07), Lesaffre
Frères SA (C-182/07)
Vermendoise Industries SAS (C-183/07), Sucreries de Toury et
Usines annexes SA (C-184/07)

Defendants: Directeur général des douanes et droits indirects,
Receveur principal des douanes et droits indirects de Gennevil-
liers

(1) OJ C 165 of 15.7.2006.

Re:

of

Commission

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Tribunal de grande
instance de Nanterre — Validity, having regard to Article 15 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 of 19 June 2001 on
the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector
(OJ 2001 L 178, p. 1), and the principles of proportionality and
non-discrimination,
(EC)
No 314/2002 of 20 February 2002 laying down detailed rules
for the application of the quota system in the sugar sector
(OJ 2002 L 50, p. 40) — Validity, having regard to Regulations
(EC) No 1260/2001 and 314/2002, of Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1686/2005 of 14 October 2005 setting the production
levies and the coefficient for the additional
levy in the sugar
sector for the 2004/05 marketing year (OJ 2005 L 271, p. 12)
— Production levies including quantities of sugar contained in
processed products, exported without benefit of export refunds

Regulation

Operative part of the order

1. Examination of Article 6(4) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 314/2002 of 20 February 2002 laying down detailed rules
for the application of
the quota system in the sugar sector, as
amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 38/2004 of
9 January 2004, in so far as that provision does not, with regard
to calculation of the production levy, provide for exclusion from the
exportable surplus of the quantities of sugar contained in exported
processed products for which no export refund has been granted has
not shown that there are factors liable to affect its validity.

2. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1686/2005 of 14 October
2005 setting the production levies and the coefficient for the addi-
tional levy in the sugar sector for the 2004/05 marketing year is
invalid.

(1) OJ C 117, 26.5.2007.

Order of the Court of 6 October 2008 (reference for a
preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de grande instance de
Nanterre (France)) — SA des sucreries de Fontaine-le-Dun-
Bolbec-Auffay (SAFBA) (C-175/07), Sucreries et Raffineries
d'Erstein SA (C-176/07), Sucreries & Distilleries de
Souppes — Ouvré Fils SA (C-177/07), Sucrerie de
Bourgogne SA (C-178/07), Sucrerie Bourdon (C-179/07),
Sucreries du Marquenterre SA (C-180/07), Cristal Union
(C-181/07), Lesaffre Frères SA (C-182/07) Vermendoise
Industries SAS (C-183/07), Sucreries de Toury et Usines
annexes SA (C-184/07) v Directeur général des douanes et
droits indirects, Receveur principal des douanes et droits
indirects de Gennevilliers

(Joined Cases C-175/07 to C-184/07) (1)

(Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Sugar — Produc-
tion levies — Detailed rules for the application of the quota
system — Taking into account of the quantities of sugar
contained in processed products — Determination of the
exportable surplus — Determination of the average loss)

(2008/C 313/15)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre (France)